The last few weeks have seen Raven, Bull Buchanan, and D-Lo make their returns to RAW/SD, only to be released a few weeks later. Now, last week, Kanyon made his long awaited return, and got treated like crap. Considering his WCW lineage, is Kanyon the next WWF/E wrestler to make his return, only to end up on the scrap heep within the next month?

The only military skill provided by the French is demonstrating the methods of surrendering.

I'd doubt it. If they were looking to have him fired I can't imagine they would have given him such a high profile return. Fair enough he got beat down, but theres bigger stars than Kanyon have had to lay down for 'Taker in the past.

Course if the gimmick they give him sucks and he fails to get over then I'm quite sure the wwe will hold him personally responible (while the IWC denies Heyman had any part to play in the angle) and take 'appropriate' action

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It's always a possibility, but unlike the previous 3, Kanyon hasn't really been a major failure yet.(Not counting Invasion of course, because that was a giant failure in general). He still has some upside as a talent, which they didn't really see in Buchanon, D'Lo, and Raven.

Originally posted by UnderwaterIt's always a possibility, but unlike the previous 3, Kanyon hasn't really been a major failure yet.(Not counting Invasion of course, because that was a giant failure in general).

On the contrary, I think Kanyon was one of the highlights of the Invasion (MVP Kanyon especially). I'm pretty sure that there are some people in the WWE who've noticed that too.

RAW Satire 2/17Buffy 7.14 gets a 7.10 WAY better than last week, and I like the Principal Wood character alot.

Or even just a video package documenting the arm damage. If you're going to bother bringing him back, at least give him something of a build, new gimmick, something...

I'm not saying that he needs a HHH-style return buildup, or even a Benoit buildup, but come on, at least throw the guy a bone on his return. I expect he'll be tossed into a run-in role in the Taker/Big Show match at the PPV. Granted, he'll run in, catch a boot to the face, chokeslam and that's that. Another wasted return...

WWE needs to create a new version of "Tough Enough"where veteran wrestlers who just don't "get it" aresent to a camp run by Patterson and Brisco, oh wait,Pat's too valuable, okay, "Hoss" Funk and Bret Hartto "work on their timing" and learn ring psychology.

What? Kanyon? Oh, right, that's what made me thinkof this, because Kanyon, despite having cool movesand coordination that Dave Batista would kill for,doesn't appear to have a clue about how to build amatch. He just mindlessly rolls out "cool" spots.

It would be a cross between "Tough Enough" and theold reality series "Baseball Minnesota" which showedDarryl Strawberry's comeback with a minor league club.Heck, just use OVW. You've got Cornette and a crowdthat most of America would love to gawk at anyway.

Originally posted by Boston IdolWWE needs to create a new version of "Tough Enough"where veteran wrestlers who just don't "get it" aresent to a camp run by Patterson and Brisco, oh wait,Pat's too valuable, okay, "Hoss" Funk and Bret Hartto "work on their timing" and learn ring psychology.

What? Kanyon? Oh, right, that's what made me thinkof this, because Kanyon, despite having cool movesand coordination that Dave Batista would kill for,doesn't appear to have a clue about how to build amatch. He just mindlessly rolls out "cool" spots.

It would be a cross between "Tough Enough" and theold reality series "Baseball Minnesota" which showedDarryl Strawberry's comeback with a minor league club.Heck, just use OVW. You've got Cornette and a crowdthat most of America would love to gawk at anyway.

I've even got a theme song: "I went back to Ohio..."

Frank

"Who's with me?!" - John Belushi, "Animal House"

i'd definitely watch this show. until the bitching and self righteousness from the "contestants" got to be too much. unfortunately, i doubt it would be too popular with the mtv crowd. :)

Originally posted by Boston IdolWWE needs to create a new version of "Tough Enough"where veteran wrestlers who just don't "get it" aresent to a camp run by Patterson and Brisco, oh wait,Pat's too valuable, okay, "Hoss" Funk and Bret Hartto "work on their timing" and learn ring psychology.

What? Kanyon? Oh, right, that's what made me thinkof this, because Kanyon, despite having cool movesand coordination that Dave Batista would kill for,doesn't appear to have a clue about how to build amatch. He just mindlessly rolls out "cool" spots.

It would be a cross between "Tough Enough" and theold reality series "Baseball Minnesota" which showedDarryl Strawberry's comeback with a minor league club.Heck, just use OVW. You've got Cornette and a crowdthat most of America would love to gawk at anyway.

I've even got a theme song: "I went back to Ohio..."

Frank

"Who's with me?!" - John Belushi, "Animal House"

i'd definitely watch this show. until the bitching and self righteousness from the "contestants" got to be too much.

unfortunately, i doubt it would be too popular with the mtv crowd. :)

Make it kind of like a reverse "Survivor", where everyone stays there until 1 peson gets voted out (or up) to the WWE.

Kanyon will be making his debut in April for the NWA. For now, they will have him be the run in/sacrificial lamb to the Undertaker during his "feud" with Big Show. Then, when that feud is over and they have NO IDEA how to promote a talent like Kanyon, they will release him. He will then show up on NWA and have a great run.

If I were to promote Kanyon, I would do it as the disgruntled worker who does a run in on a match or two a week and gets tossed out by security. All the while he is screaming that while he was hurt, no one from WWE (esp. the McMahons) checked on his progress or even cared how he was doing. That they cut his pay and sent him to a third rate doctor to do the surgery. He could go on to say that HHH, Benoit, Mysterio and Guererro and other superstars got first class treatment when they were hurt and were given their old spots back when they returned. But not Kanyon. He was a US Champ! What about Kanyon? He could then form a stable with other "disgruntled" workers to form a mid card stable. It would be better than what he is going to be doing, that's for sure!

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one---big hitter, the Lama---long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consiousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

"Kanyon will be making his debut in April for the NWA. For now, they will have him be the run in/sacrificial lamb to the Undertaker during his "feud" with Big Show. Then, when that feud is over and they have NO IDEA how to promote a talent like Kanyon, they will release him. He will then show up on NWA and have a great run."

I wish I were on this wonder drug that TNA are distributing; then I could view a second rate promotion that employs over-the-hill wrestlers as headline performers and constantly uses bad and recycled angles as the saviour of the business and the white knight for all the talent currently being abused by WWE.